Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
You need to get out of my sight
A lonely heart can beat
You're too dangerous
A lonely heart can bleed
I cannot stand it, to be enclosed and isolated
A lonely heart can be enclosed but isolated
You're too much
A lonely heart is weak
Too dependent
A broken heart will seek
You take the life out of me
No heart is broken forever
It's broken promises
But my faith is broken forever
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The power that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
A lonely heart will break
Pressure will make me forsake you
A lonely heart won't forsake me
As if we're both the same
Wounded and beaten but still not defeated
A lonely heart can be wounded and beaten but still not defeated
'Cause I won't let you in
So if it's all for real
Your weakness will be my strength
Your heart should be melting
You might be lonely
But I am not beloved and bounded forever
Because we're all the same
Beloved and bounded forever
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The smile that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe
The power between us?
Oh, discord, see them fail, oh
Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe in the power between us?
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The power that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
A lonely heart can beat
You're too dangerous
A lonely heart can bleed
I cannot stand it, to be enclosed and isolated
A lonely heart can be enclosed but isolated
You're too much
A lonely heart is weak
Too dependent
A broken heart will seek
You take the life out of me
No heart is broken forever
It's broken promises
But my faith is broken forever
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The power that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
A lonely heart will break
Pressure will make me forsake you
A lonely heart won't forsake me
As if we're both the same
Wounded and beaten but still not defeated
A lonely heart can be wounded and beaten but still not defeated
'Cause I won't let you in
So if it's all for real
Your weakness will be my strength
Your heart should be melting
You might be lonely
But I am not beloved and bounded forever
Because we're all the same
Beloved and bounded forever
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The smile that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe
The power between us?
Oh, discord, see them fail, oh
Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe in the power between us?
Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The power that was given light now seems to freeze but why?
Lyrics submitted by Dark Artist
Discord Lyrics as written by Bas C H Maas Andre Borgman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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This is about two people in an abusive relationship. Sander is the abused, and Floor is the abuser. She says "a lonely heart won't forsake me" i.e. "you cant leave me because you know that no one else will take you"
Sander says "you take the life out of me" i.e. "I know you're bad for me, I have to leave you"
But floor tries to persuade, "won't you embrace it? the power we feel can be for real"
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It sounds like she thinks that lonliness is a good reason to stay together, despite all their disagreements, but what she doesn't realize is that it just makes them unhappier staying together. He wants to end it, but she doesn't because she still has hope. She doesn't understand why the good thing they had is dying when she asks "but why?"